Tag: war
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What Do You Fight For?
Photo courtesy of British Library on Unsplash According to the Council on Foreign Relation’s Global Conflict Tracker, there are currently 27 areas of combat around the world. People fighting people. There are many reasons wars are fought–none are helpful for all involved. The desire for power and control, wanting to gain landmass by expanding borders,…
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Why Do We Remember?
War has been part of our world culture since the beginning. There has always been someone who wanted what or whom someone else had. We see it today in wars happening all over the world. The one we may be most aware of is in Ukraine, but there are at least 26 other wars happening…
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To Remember Is The Value
On the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour in 1918, World War 1 ended. It was to be the war to end all wars. A celebration of all who fought then began on November 11, 1938. Then World War II broke out. We can’t seem to avoid war. Shortly after World…
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What Is Worth Remembering?
As a child, the day heralded the approach of summer and the end of school. It was a day where we had neighborhood picnics and went to a parade where I didn’t pay much attention to who was marching but who was throwing candy. We also visited the cemetery, which felt ghastly as a child.…
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Heroes Count The Cost
Veterans Day was yesterday. A day of special recognition for us growing up, we always got the day off school. Many of our parents had chosen to fight in wars because patriotism was a high value, taught to and caught by us kids. Freedom was a topic of great pride and appreciation in our family.…
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